Apologies in advance - I’ve tried searching but couldn’t find anything in here.

I’ve joined a community that provide updates and documentation via Google Sheets, Docs, etc. but when I try to open them on the browser on my iPhone (either Safari or Brave), I can’t edit them. As soon as I click on the Edit icon, I get a prompt to download the app.

I don’t have a Google account, nor do I use any of their services (consciously), so would like a way to open the documents in the MS Office equivalent (Word, Excel, etc.) so I can edit the documents successfully.

TIA.

  • schmurnan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Which menu, sorry? I’m not seeing a menu. In my browser window I’m seeing a Back button in the top-left, an Edit button in the top-right and the title of the doc in the top-middle.

    • BrikoXEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It looks like mobile view forces it to render in htmlView mode which has limited functionality. If you browser has an option to render a page in desktop mode try that.

      • schmurnan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yep, tried that. On both Safari and Brave, all it seems to do is remove the ‘Edit’ button from the top-right corner.

        • BrikoXEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Try cleaning up the URL then. It should look like https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/long-string-here/. because it still shows you the htmlView after you enable the desktop mode.

          • schmurnan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Thanks, that did the trick. A combination of removing /mobilebasic from the end of the URL and requesting the desktop version of the site opened the full document. Doesn’t really work well on a mobile screen, but in the odd occasions where I need to update a document quickly and on-the-go, this will work. Thanks a lot!